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CROATIA
IDYLL AMONG THE SKERRIES
Sailing
from Korcula to Split.
Marco Polo
started on the turn of the twelfth century his expeditions to foreign countries
from Korcula. When we sailed towards this middleage city with gray brickhouses,
fortifications and church towers rising towards the sky, we had probably the
same view as Marco Polo had
when
he waved goodbye to the inhabitants. But I’m shore he missed all the
restaurants, shops filled with souvenirs, jewelers and tourists overflowing the
small, narrow brick streets of old Korcula.
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National
costume
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Whit Sunday
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Temperatures
rising over 35°C in the air and 30°C in the sea made us decide a few days with
swimming, snorkeling and sunbathing a perfect idea.
In Croatia you
can find an endless number of cozy islands and small, pretty bays to chose
between. We anchored in Uvala Luka, a nice bay near Peljesac and Srida on
Scredero.
On
Sunday morning, we woke up to the buzz from bees invading the boat hunting for
sweets. We preferred to eat our breakfast without the invaders, and decided to
raise the anchor and leave.
Otok Sveti
Klement is an island with a quantity of bays and anchorage possibilities.
We found a small
bay, dropped the anchor and went for a swim. During our lunch we once more got a
lot of uninvited black and yellow striped visitors.
We left the bay
and headed for Stiniva on Hvar, where we moored behind the breakwater. At
last we was rid of those small winged tormentors. Later we were told that
bees are not an unusual problem for people cruising Croatian waters.
After
breakfast the day after, we took on our swim masks, snorkels and flippers
and splashed around fishes with different forms and colors in the aquarium
of the Adriatic.
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24.th
of June started the ”Croatian rendezvous for cruisers” in Starigrad on Hvar.
About 20 boats from Great Britain, USA, Australia and New Zealand in addition to
us from Norway met a few days for social activities, potlucks, sightseeing, wine
tasting and much more.
We participated
in most of the activities, and really enjoyed our visit at Hvar.
Starigrad
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View towards Jelsa
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Vrboska
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Jelsa
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Wine tasting
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The
next spot we visited was Dugriat on Bol, a small tongue of land with a
lovely beach. We rode on our anchor, swam and enjoyed ourselves before we
left for Milna on Brac.
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Split
is the second largest city in Croatia. The 30. of June, we moored in the
marina, and went to explore the old town of Split.
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The
temperature was almost unbelievable, and in between all the sights we had
to cool down with icy pints of beer, lemonade and ice creams.
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Centrally
situated in the old town we found Diocletian’s palace, built about 300 AC by
the Roman emperor Diocletian. In the middle of the palace the emperor built his
mausoleum.
300
years after his death, Christian refugees undertook the palace, threw
Diocletian’s sarcophagus out of the mausoleum and converted it to a Christian
cathedral, St. Dominus (later St. Lucy’s Church).
In
the cathedral, the Christians installed small coffins with the remains of
Christian martyrs. Ironically the same martyrs were murdered on the orders of
Diocletian 304 AC.
Now
you can see the coffins and their content together with religious symbols,
sermonic effects and worn out gowns in the cathedrals treasure chamber
After
3 exiting days in Split, we headed further north, to experience more lovely
nature, swimming, exiting history, and friendly, helpful people in sunny Croatia.
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